Microbial culture medium containing agar and iota carrageenan
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Abstract
Media and kits are disclosed for use in processes requiring microbial culture. More specifically, the invention provides carrageenan-stabilized agar-based microbial culture media and kits constructed using the media. The media and kits of the invention may allow the construction of kits with increased shelf stability and useful life. Further, the media and kits of the invention may be used in kits and methods useful in the manual determination of the type of infection present in a specimen in periods of about 24 hours. The stabilized culture media of the invention are useful in a broad variety of applications. In an embodiment, the media contains both an agar medium and iota carrageenan.
Claims39
A microbial culture medium comprising:
- an agar medium;
- and
- iota carrageenan, wherein the iota carrageenan is present in an amount sufficient to stabilize the microbial culture medium.
A microbial culture medium comprising:
- Mueller-Hinton agar;
- and
- iota carrageenan, wherein the iota carrageenan is present in an amount sufficient to stabilize the microbial culture medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.